The American Samoa pink eye outbreak has continued to get worse, and it’s now so bad that most schools in the U.S. territory will remain closed for the rest of the week, with thousands of students and teachers affected by the eye infection, ABC News reported on April 9.

The American Samoa pink eye outbreak now affects at least 2,400 students and teachers and has also disrupted court proceedings and prevented passengers from boarding some flights.

The American Samoa pink eye outbreak has left more than 30 percent of teachers on sick leave with pink eye, which is highly contagious.

Schools in American Samoa had shut down last week because of the pink eye outbreak and were scheduled to reopen this Wednesday. But with the American Samoa pink eye outbreak still growing, only four of 28 schools were back in session as planned this week.

Officials said the number of people affected by the American Samoa pink eye outbreak was alarming, according to The Associated Press. Officials said it’s thought that the pink eye outbreak on American Samoa spread from neighboring Samoa, which saw a pink eye outbreak in March.

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